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0 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Give me a break Apr 30, 2009
Here's how Obama won:
1. - the majority of Americans are now socialist-indoctrinated, parasitical morons who will vote for a man who has achieved nothing in his entire life and promises to take care of everyone.
the end.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Misleading Title and Reviewers Apr 27, 2009
I am a college student writing a report on some campaign strategies used by the Obama for America campaign. I bought this book looking for some insight into some of those strategies. I was greatly disappointed.
The first four chapters are dedicated to a cursory glance at the role Iowa, the state of the economy, and money played in the election. The two Iowa chapters are only a few pages each and say nothing about the campaign strategies used in Iowa.
The chapter about the economy - 3 pages - is superficial and spends most of the time talking about how other recent presidents have dealt with economic downturns during election seasons.
The chapter about money - 3 and 1/2 pages, mostly lists - says nothing about how the campaign raised money, or how, for instance, Obama's campaign revolutionized fundraising and set records throughout his campaign. Much of the chapter simply lists the bundlers who helped McCain and Obama raise money. This is appropriate for a Buying of the President book, not for a book called "How Obama Won".
The next 8 chapters are dedicated to the role race and black leaders played in the election. This is very important and certainly these factors had an impact in the election of Obama. But their treatment in this book does not offer insight into "How Obama Won."
The rest of the book offers nice anecdotes about events throughout the election. None of it is useful for studying the campaign strategies involved in Obama's victory.
The book's title is very misleading. I know, I shouldn't judge a book by its cover. So I judged it by the other reviews on this site, which also were very misleading. Here are some particularly ridiculous statements made by other reviewers:
"but you could say it is handbook for anybody contemplating running for office."
I don't think this could be further from the truth. Nothing in this book relates to electoral campaign strategy.
"There is possibly no one in the current political circles who has written more profoundly and fairly about the constant waves of change in American politics than Earl Ofari Hutchinson."
If Hutchinson has written profoundly, it is not in this book. There are fewer than 100 pages about myriad subjects. With each chapter averaging 3-5 pages, there's no way it could "dig deep" (as another reviewer put it).
"takes the reader right into war rooms of Obama's brain trust and that of his opponents' campaigns"
No, it really doesn't.
I guess this is a good lesson for me to use the "Look Inside" feature and scan the table of contents, and seek other reviews beyond Amazon before buying a book.
For people wanting to gain some insight into the campaign strategies that made Obama our president, I have found simply searching the Internet to be the best resource so far, as well as some magazine articles (see Fast Company). Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, is writing a book called "The Audacity to Win" that will likely go into the details of the campaign. But this book probably won't be out until the fall, so until then, Google.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Disappointed. Apr 09, 2009
As I looked up to the title of this book, I'm truly disappointed with the author's work. The author concentrated more on President Obama's racial strong supports which exempted a lot of details on election race. He brought up only the advantages of President Obama and the disadvantages of his opponents whereas he should have done both sides for both opponents.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Telling It Like It Is Feb 16, 2009
Earl Ofari Hutchinson is one of the few political writers today who is willing to look past the obvious and dig deep into the reasons and thoughts behind behavior. He does this extremely well in How Obama Won.
Hutchinson deftly lays out all the issues that came into play in the recent presidential election and then systematically covers how each candidate met or failed to meet these issues. Before you finish this book, you will have a greater understanding of not only the current state of politics, but of the American people as well.
If you are willing to take the time to learn why and how this election proceeded as it did, How Obama Won is the one book you must read. Hutchinson's no-nonsense, non-judgmental writing style will explain it all in terms that are easy to comprehend.
A Fair and Balanced Overview of Obama's Strategy Feb 02, 2009
If you seek to learn more about how Barak Obama inspired a nation and captured the White House, you need to look no further than the engaging and fair, "How Obama Won" by Earl Ofari Hutchinson.
A leading political analyst and social commentator, Hutchinson follows up his last two titles, "How the GOP Can Keep the White House, How the Democrats Can Take it Back" and "The Ethnic Presidency: How Race Decides the Race to the White House", with an exploration into Obama's campaign from start to finish: what he did, what he didn't do, and what challenges he faced.
Americans' desire for change--something that Hilliary Clinton as an insider couldn't provide, how important or unimportant race would be in the 2008 Election, the state of the economy and the Wall Street Crisis of September 2008, Sarah Palin, and other issues that floated around from the day that Obama announced his intentions to seek the Democratic nomination, are put under a fair and balanced light to illuminate for the reader the elements that came into play and the decisions that were made to help catapult Barak Obama to the highest position in the land.
Conservatives, liberals and everyone in between will appreciate Hutchinson's writing style that allows even someone who does not regularly follow politics to understand his opinions, and yet, "How Obama Won" contains the right type of information to attract readers who have a working knowledge of the American political landscape. I can see this book being blogged about for months to come as polticial analysts dissect every facet of Obama's campaign strategy and continue to follow Obama's presidency.
While some readers may not agree with Hutchinson's assessment of Barack Obama as a "moderate centrist Democrat" and the author's comments about the Bush Administration, Hutchinson does an excellent job of showing how dissatisfaction with the current Administration played a huge role in Obama's win.
"How Obama Won" by Earl Ofari Hutchinson will not only be enjoyed by adults with an interest in politics, it would make superb high school and college reading material for social studies and current events classes of all kinds.
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